Social Responsible Investment Why Norwegian Pension Fund divest Walmart The Norwegian Pension Fund divested its $416 million stock of Walmart‚ which is the largest supermarket chain in the world. The reason of divesting is that Walmart bear “unacceptable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human rights violations”. Is this move reasonable for the fund? Given that Walmart had a good return on investment and already emphasis the ethical responsibilities to its suppliers. Norwegian Pension
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Walmart: the High Cost of Low Price I believe Walmart is a very successful company from a business standpoint. The company is the world’s third largest public corporation list in 2012‚ the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees‚ and is the largest retailer in the world. It has 8‚500 stores in 15 countries and is the largest and most profitable retailer in the United States. However‚ from a moral standpoint Walmart may not be as successful as many may think. It has
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Walmart Strategic Management Are Wal-Marts stated Mission‚ vision‚ goals‚ and objective aligned with the needs of their stakeholders The mission statement of Wal-mart is very much clear and similar to what they actually do. “Wal-mart brings new and better stores with a different culture. No matter you are visiting a the store in your local market or any other part of the world one thing is for sure that customer are receiving low prices and genuine customer services
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Tootsie Roll Industries‚ Inc. an internationally recognized company has been in business for over 100 years. The giant manufacturers sell some of the most popular candies across the world. Tootsie Roll Industries‚ Inc. seeks additional funding for Enterprise Resource Planning upgrades throughout the company. With the knowledge of increasing total liabilities by 10% or 2.5 million‚ Tootsie Roll Industries‚ Inc. has prepared an updated business plan displaying the company’s history‚ vision statement
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Walmart Stores vs Whole Foods Markets Working Capital; Walmart; Working capital = Total current assets-Total current liabilities Increase in total current assets in the year 2014 is (61985-59940) =USD 1245 Decrease in total current liabilities in the year 2014 is (69345-71818) =USD-2473 Therefore; working capital is 1245--2473=USD 3718 Whole Foods; Decrease in total current assets in the year 2013 is (2103000-1980000) =USD123000 Increase in current liabilities in the year 2013 is (1088000-977000)
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LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS | INTERNATIONAL MARKETING THE PURSUED BENEFITS OF CUSTOMER LOYALTY PROGRAMS Bachelor´s Thesis Ilona Reinekoski 0329191 December 15th 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Objectives..................................................................................................................................
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WAL-MART Group Report Submitted To: Jian Guan MGT802 Ryerson University April 2‚ 2008 Submitted By: Lalit Kalra Miri Kwun Galant Lee Muruhendran Mahendran Jani Theiventhiran TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Wal-Mart and Wages 4 - 7 - Basic Facts - Ethical Issues - Alternatives - Recommendations Wal-Mart and Gender Discrimination 7 - 10 - Basic Facts - Ethical Issues - Alternatives - Recommendations
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year ending in 2007‚ the global Fortune 500 list ranked Wal-Mart at the top of the list‚ with revenues of US$351 billion. Wal-Mart constantly emphasized its corporate philosophy of strengthening its relationships with employees‚ suppliers and customers. Building its own transportation systems had allowed Wal-Mart to enjoy transportation cost savings and had helped Wal-Mart to deliver products to its various stores within 48 hours. Taking advantage of its wholly owned transportation capabilities
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development‚ Wal-Mart has become the nation’s largest private employer and the world’s largest retail chain. Currently‚ Wal-Mart has opened more than 6‚600 stores worldwide and employs over 180 people‚ distributed in 14 countries. Week visit Wal-Mart’s customers reach to 175‚000‚000. Wal-Mart (WAL-MART) for many years in the global top 500 companies ranked in the top of the list. In 1991‚ Wal-Mart’s annual sales exceeded $ 40 billion‚ becoming the world’s largest retail companies. According to the May
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